Shigeto Kamano
[ɕígètò kámànò] • 鎌野慈人 • he/him • Ph.D. student
[ɕígètò kámànò] • 鎌野慈人 • he/him • Ph.D. student
I'm Shigeto Kamano, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University. I'm working on pitch accent systems, syntax-prosody interface, and sentence-final particles in Japanese dialects.
ストーニーブルック大学の博士課程(言語学専攻)で勉強している鎌野慈人です。日本語の諸方言におけるピッチアクセント、統語構造とプロソディーのインターフェース、また文末助詞に興味があります。
EDUCATION
Aug. 2023 - present Ph.D. in Linguistics at Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Academic Advisor: 🔗 Jiwon Yun (Stony Brook University)
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2023 B.A. in Liberal Arts at International Christian University, Tokyo, JAPAN
Major: Linguistics / Minor: Media, Communication and Culture
Thesis: “On Geminates of Voiced Bilabial Plosives in Japanese Loanwords”
Thesis Advisor: 🔗 Seunghun J. Lee (International Christian University, University of Venda)
PRESENTATION
Invited Talk
Kamano, Shigeto. 2025. Investigation of Word-Level Tones in Osaka Japanese. Presented at the JP LingGrads in the US, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Conference Presentation
鎌野慈人. 2025. 大阪方言における語頭・語末の境界音調の分析 (Investigation of word-level boundary tones in Osaka Japanese). Poster presented at 日本言語学会第 170 回大会 (The 170th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan), Meikai University, Chiba, Japan.
🔗 Endoh, Honoka & Shigeto Kamano. 2025. Noun-modifying clause construction with compound prosody in Japanese. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics, Waseda Research Innovation Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Kamano, Shigeto. 2025. Typology of Right-Edge High Tone in Japanese Dialects. Presented at the Penn Linguistics Conference 49, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
鈴木成典, 坂本誓, 鎌野慈人, 遠藤歩華, 柳田拓郎 & 鎌倉欧亮. 2025. アーカイブデータを用いた日本語の有声音と無声音の区別の方言差の研究 (Study with archive data on dialectal variations of voicing contrast in Japanese). Poster presented at 言語学フェス2025 (Linguistics Festival 2025), Online.
鎌野慈人. 2025. 関西弁のプロソディー、勉強してんねんやんか:ピッチアクセント、イントネーション、文末助詞 (I study prosody of Kansai Japanese nen-yan-ka: pitch accent, intonation, and sentence-final particles). Poster presented at 言語学フェス2025 (Linguistics Festival 2025), Online.
Kamano, Shigeto. 2024. Sentence-Final Constructions and Presupposition in Japanese Dialects. Poster presented at the New Ways of Analyzing Variation 52, Miami, FL.
遠藤歩華, 古澤里菜, 鎌野慈人, 🔗 川原繁人 & シャージェイソン. 2024. ⽇本語 wh 構⽂におけるアクセントの実現についての追実験 (Realization of pitch accent in wh-construction in Japanese revisited). Presented at 第 38回日本音声学会全国大会 (The 38th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan), Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kamano, Shigeto. 2024. Word-Level Boundary Tone in Japanese Dialects. Presented at the 18th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea.
Kamano, Shigeto. 2024. No-da construction and Pragmatic Presupposition. Poster presented at the 168th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kamano, Shigeto. 2023. Misinterpreted N-Yanka: Sentence-final Particles in Kansai Japanese That Sometimes Cause Misunderstanding. Presented at the 8th Asian Junior Linguists Conference, Online.
鈴木成典, 鎌野慈人, 坂本誓, 鎌倉欧亮, Seunghun Lee, Yu Yan, Jeremy Perkins & 五十嵐陽介. 2023. アーカイブデータを利用した言語研究とその応用可能性 (Linguistic Research using Archive Data and its Application). Presented at 言語資源ワークショップ2023 (Language Resources Workshop 2023), Online.
Kamano, Shigeto, Chikau Sakamoto, Rin Tsujita & Seunghun J Lee. 2023. Segmental and suprasegmental modification in Rakugo-style Japanese. Poster presented at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Lee, Seunghun J, Shigeto Kamano, Yuko Abe & Kumiko Miyazaki. 2023. Prosodic prominence of Swahili TU in polar interrogatives. Poster presented at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
Kamano, Shigeto, Yuko Abe, Kumiko Miyazaki & Seunghun J. Lee. 2022. A downstep analysis of Swahili prosody: a case of the exclusive particle TU. Presented at the 7th Asian Junior Linguists Conference, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kamano, Shigeto, Rin Tsujita, Chikau Sakamoto & Seunghun J. Lee. 2022. Vowel production in Rakugo Speech. In Proceedings of the 36th General Meeting of the PSJ, 151–155. Kobe, Japan.
Kamano, Shigeto, Yuko Abe, Kumiko Miyazaki & Seunghun J. Lee. 2022. Prosodically prominent clitic: the exclusive particle tu in Swahili. Presented at the Prosody and Grammar Festa 6, Online.
PUBLICATION
Proceedings
Kamano, Shigeto. to appear. On the Right-Edge High Tone in Osaka Japanese. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics 32.1: Proceedings of PLC 49 (PWPL 32.1).
Kamano, Shigeto. to appear. Word-Level Boundary Tone in Japanese Dialects. Proceedings of the 18th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL18).
Kamano, Shigeto. to appear. Misinterpretation of Sentence-Final Particles in Kansai Japanese. ICU Working Papers in Linguistics (ICUWPL) 31.
遠藤歩華, 古澤里菜, 鎌野慈人, 川原繁人 & シャージェイソン. 2024. ⽇本語 wh 構⽂におけるアクセントの実現についての追実験 (Realization of pitch accent in wh-construction in Japanese revisited). 第 38回日本音声学会全国大会予稿集 (Proceedings of the 38th General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan). 70-75. [LINK]
鈴木成典, 鎌野慈人, 坂本誓, 鎌倉欧亮, Seunghun Lee, Yu Yan, Jeremy Perkins & 五十嵐陽介. 2023. アーカイブデータを利用した言語研究とその応用可能性 (Linguistic Research using Archive Data and its Application). 言語資源ワークショップ2023 発表論文集 (Language Resources Workshop 2023). 国立国語研究所 1. 136–141. [LINK]
Kamano, Shigeto, Chikau Sakamoto, Rin Tsujita & Seunghun J Lee. 2023. Segmental and suprasegmental modification in Rakugo-style Japanese. (Ed.) Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 3677–3681. [LINK]
Lee, Seunghun J, Shigeto Kamano, Yuko Abe & Kumiko Miyazaki. 2023. Prosodic prominence of Swahili TU in polar interrogatives. (Ed.) Radek Skarnitzl & Jan Volín. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 1489–1493. [LINK]
Kamano, Shigeto. 2023. A downstep analysis of Swahili prosody: a case of the exclusive particle TU. ICU Working Papers in Linguistics (ICUWPL) 24. 93–100. [LINK]
Peer-reviewed
Abe, Yuko, Seunghun J. Lee, Shigeto Kamano & Kumiko Miyazaki. 2024. A Preliminary Study of the Prosody of Zanzibar Swahili tu. Journal of Asian and African Studies, Supplement 4. 157–171. [LINK]
Miyazaki, Kumiko, Shigeto Kamano, Yuko Abe & Seunghun J Lee. 2022. ICULD-0045 Swahili (G42): 2021 data. ICU Working Papers in Linguistics 21: ICU Language Database Series 7. 407–482.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Primary Instructor
Winter 2026 LIN110: The Anatomy of English Words co-taught with 🔗 Geonhee Lee and Tong Wu
Summer 2025 LIN110: The Anatomy of English Words co-taught with Geonhee Lee and 🔗 Abed Qaddoumi
Summer 2024 LIN101: Human languages co-taught with 🔗 José Cruz
Evaluation available [LINK]
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2025 LIN 301: Phonology instructed by Jeffrey Heinz (Stony Brook University), with Zhuohan Tian and 🔗 Magdalena Markowska (TAs)
Summar 2025 Ling B: Introduction to Generative Syntax at V-NYI #10, instructed by 🔗 Maša Bešlin (Georgetown University), with Ryan Biks (TA)
Summar 2025 Ling Q: The dynamic processes in language: A view from L1, L2 acquisition and change at V-NYI #10, instructed by Sigríður Björnsdóttir (University of Konstanz)
Spring 2025 LIN101: Human languages instructed by John Frederick Bailyn (Stony Brook University), with Ryan Biks (TA)
Recitation evaluation available [LINK]
Fall 2024 LIN431: The Structure of an Uncommonly Taught Language instructed by Sandhya Sundaresan (Stony Brook University)
Recitation evaluation available [LINK]
Spring 2024 LIN200: Languages in the United States instructed by Andrei Antonenko (Stony Brook University), with Magdalena Markowska and Rachel Christensen (TAs)
Fall 2023 LIN101: Human languages instructed by Anna Melnikova (Stony Brook University), with Chia-Chi Yu and José Cruz (TAs)
Recitation evaluation available [LINK]
Spring 2023 LNG222: Syntax instructed by Tomoyuki Yoshida (International Christian University)
Winter 2023 LNG222: Syntax instructed by Tomoyuki Yoshida (International Christian University)
Spring 2022 LNG102: Introduction to Linguistics II instructed by Tomoyuki Yoshida (International Christian University)
DEPARTMENT SERVICE & EXPERIENCE
Aug. 2025 - Aug. 2026 Primary Senator in the Graduate Student Organization
Aug. 2025 Technical Assistant for faculty website migration
Jul. 2025 Guest Talk for high school students at 🔗 Summer Youth Camp for Computational Linguistics
May. 2025 Zoom Streaming Coordinator at 🔗 Workshop on Locality Program
Feb. 2025 Blitz Talk at the virtual open house
Aug. 2024 - Aug. 2025 Linguistics Club Treasurer
Apr. 2024 Zoom Streaming Coordinator at 🔗 Formal Approaches to South Asian Languages 14
Jan. 2024 - Aug. 2024 Skillz Hour Organizer
... And I occasionally volunteer for the Wednesday Morning Cafe clean-up 🥯
GRANTS
Nov. 2025 Professional Development Fund from GSO at Stony Brook University
Nov. 2025 Resources Access Project from GSO at Stony Brook University
May. 2025 Department Research Award from the Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University
May. 2025 Professional Development Fund from GSO at Stony Brook University
Dec. 2024 Resources Access Project from GSO at Stony Brook University
Feb. 2024 Department Research Award from the Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University
Sep. 2023 Japan ICU Foundation Grant
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Jul. 2024 - Aug. 2024 Research Assistant
F0 cue conflicts between tone and consonant effects
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 22K00510 to Dr. Jeremy Perkins
Record six speakers and annotate the recordings
Jul. 2023 - Aug. 2023 Research Assistant
Linguistics fieldwork about the Japanese dialect on Awaji island
Record speakers with Nasometer and annotate the files
Jun. 2023 - Mar. 2025 Research Assistant
Cumulative Effects of Multiple Phonetic Cues on Voicing Contrast in Japanese
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows 22KJ1921 to Michinori Suzuki
Annotate the recording from various dialects of Japanese
Apr. 2023 - Aug. 2023 Research Assistant
Microvariation in Bantu languages of South Africa: building theories from typology data
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 21KK0005 to Dr. Seunghun Lee
Annotate and archive the recordings of Bantu languages using Praat
Feb. 2023 - Mar. 2023 Research Assistant
PSYPHON: Psychoacoustic features for Phonation prediction
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 20K11956 to Dr. Julian Villegas
Record five speakers of Burmese, annotate the recordings, and evaluate voice qualities
Sep. 2023 Research Trip to Tanzania
Linguistics fieldwork about the prosody of particle tu in Swahili
Japan ICU Foundation Grant: Kamano, Shigeto [Spring 2022-2023 | 77]
Three-week fieldwork: recorded native speakers of Swahili in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Mar. 2022 Trained Evaluator for the project on psychoacoustics of phonation
Microvariation in Bantu languages of South Africa: building theories from typology data
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 21KK0005 to Dr. Seunghun Lee
Evaluate voice qualities of Burmese speech data
Dec. 2020 - Mar. 2023 Research Assistant
A crosslinguistic study of prosody of particles: Japanese and Bantu languages
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 20K00578 to Dr. Seunghun Lee
Swahili project focusing on the exclusive particle tu (Dec. 2020 - Mar. 2023)
Annotate the recordings of Swahili using Praat, and analyze speech data in R
Rakugo project focusing on the utterance of Rakugo performers (Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023)
Annotate the recordings of Japanese using Praat, and analyze speech data in R
Tiny pieces of animations I've drawn before. I like drawing and singing in my free time (if I have any free time!)
過去につくったアニメーションです。自由な時間には絵を描いたり歌をうたったりします。